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The Decemberists have announced the March 13, release of We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (Live Songs 04.11-08.11), a twenty-track live double-album (and triple-vinyl set) culled from the band's 2011 tour supporting their chart-topping, Grammy-nominated album The...

Friday, 13 January 2012
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These days, it seems rare to come across a new band who has reached national recognition without going in front of a panel of judges during prime time television. That seems to be the new American dream: Line up, prove that you want it most and get handed over to a...

Friday, 06 January 2012
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I'm a big fan of standup comedy. At the same time, I've rarely been to a standup show; or rather, I've never been to a standup show I've actually wanted to see. My only forays into the standup scene have involved comedy clubs with mostly atrocious acts...

Thursday, 05 January 2012
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Southern California punk quartet Retox recently wrapped their tour supporting Japanese noise legends Melt Banana, and will be hitting the road again for a string of California dates in mid February in support of their recently released debut record, Ugly Animals....

Thursday, 05 January 2012
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Happy New Year ya mooks! So how's things in yer life junky? Ya made it through the holi-daze, ya bounded ova da new year hump an' survived ta see anotha one, how da ya feel? Me? I feel great! I'm countin' tan lines from my trip downta Costa Rica an'...

Wednesday, 04 January 2012
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After the ball dropped last night, it didn't take long for people to start making promises and resolutions to change their behavior in 2012. Most people usually resolve to change the way they eat, change the way they do business, quit smoking, quit drinking or quit...

Monday, 02 January 2012
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The funny thing about any band's “glorious return to active duty” is that, after the initial shock and joy subsides, that's when the real work starts; that's when people start to look past the initial frenzy and excitement of a legendary band...

Friday, 30 December 2011
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Hey Junky! Awright, so I figured on awready bein' gone south fer a vacay, but I hadda swing through ta give ya somethin' ta listen to fer new year's didn' I? 'At's da kinda guy I am – soakin' up the rays, watchin' alla sun-soaked...

Thursday, 29 December 2011
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Happy Boxing Day – or welcome to the day after the explosion, if you like. How was your holiday? Was it big and grand and bright and shiny and noisy and wonderful? We at Ground Control hope so. Now, the glow of the holidays is beginning to fade right? Well, not...

Monday, 26 December 2011
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Heya junky,Merry Christmas! I can't stay long, I gotta plane ta catch (I'm headin' south ta da Dominican Republic fer Christmas! Anybody know a good bar downn'ere?) — but I wanted ta lay yer las' holiday bag o' SWAG on ya before I go....

Thursday, 22 December 2011
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